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Dynamic pad hardware control

US8390320B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Jansen · Rosenheim, DE
Andreas Geiler · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2011
Grant date	Mar 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0416
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to dynamic hardware pad control that is triggered by an intelligent hardware module that monitors an operational state of an IC pin. This hardware module then provides a control signal, which is based on the operational state of the IC pin, to a multiplexer control block that selects one of several different configurations for the IC pin. Because the control signal is provided by the hardware module, the techniques disclosed herein allow precise switching between a number of different IC pin configurations in a fast and efficient manner.

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